Movies like 怪人まだら頭巾
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Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · 121 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: jidaigeki · From the same decade (1960s)
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
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Ran
1985 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 160 min8.0
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Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 138 min7.7
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Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 138 min7.7
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In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 135 min7.7
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Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 138 min7.6
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Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government.
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · Directed by Keishi Otomo · 134 min7.5
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In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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Zatoichi
2003 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 116 min7.2
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Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · 94 min7.2
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Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.